News
New article by SHOC member Bart Lambert and Louis Sicking
Trade wars are not just a modern phenomenon. In their new article in Continuity & Change, Bart Lambert and Louis Sicking show how, between 1384 and 1430, the counts of Holland and Zeeland tried to lure merchants away from neighbouring Flanders.
SHOC member Bart Lambert on genetic diversity and DNA in Sint-Truiden
More on genetic diversity and the plague in medieval Sint-Truiden, including commentary by Bart Lambert, in De Standaard ! https://www.standaard.be/.../vlaams-dna-was.../67847129.html
SHOC visits expo De Poorten
Friday, 9 May, a SHOC delegation visited the Poorten exhibition at STAM in Ghent. The expo shows how dynamic and colourful city districts arose around (now often disappeared) city gates. We were given a tailor-made guided tour by Tina de Gendt , curator of the exhibition.
JOB ALERT: new opportunities to come and work with us
The LOCO project is looking for 2 PhDs and 2 Post-docs in (bio-)archaeology, history, geochemistry, and digital humanities. This joint project between VUB, KUL, and UGent looks at the mobility of people, materials, and ideas in the Low Countries. Apply before 30 April 2025.
Contribution by SHOC members Anne Winter and Klaas Van Gelder in new publication: Wereldsteden van de Lage Landen
On 25 March 2025 - that is, today - the book Wereldsteden van de Lage Landen: Stadsgeschiedenis van Nederland en België was published. Several authors, including SHOC historian Anne Winter, recount fifty cities that were pre-eminent metropolises.
Dennis De Vriese succesfully defends his PhD thesis
On Monday, 10 March 2025, SHOC colleague Dennis De Vriese succesfully defended his PhD theses called Selling New Ways of Selling: Legitimising Regulation and Deregulation in the Brussels Meat Market .
New article under the direction of SHOC member Bart Lambert
Ypres was one the economic powerhouses of 13th-century Europe, but most of its medieval archives were lost during the First World War.
SHOC colleague Benoît Henriet appointed as chairholder of the Chair Casterman-Hamers
From 2025-2027, Benoît Henriet, Associate Professor of History at VUB and member of our research group SHOC, has been appointed as the new chairholder for the Chair Casterman-Hamers: History and Philosophy of Sciences.
New publication by SHOC member Yannis Skalli-Housseini and Christopher Sebastian Lowe
We are proud to announce that a new article: "From Bruges to Brexit: nationalism, neoliberalism, and the Eurosceptic capture of the British Conservative Party" has been published in Contemporary British History!
New publication by SHOC member Bas Spliet
We are proud to announce that SHOC member Bas Spliet has recently published a new article in The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History (TSEG). Find the article, entitled 'Plain and Old': Why Did Paintings Go out of Fashion? via this link.
MARIE-CHARLOTTE DUBOIS JOINS SHOC
Marie-Charlotte Dubois (°2001) is joining SHOC as a PhD researcher. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts in History (2022) and Master of Arts in History (2023) at KU Leuven. She is specialized in medieval history.
Events
Practical info-SHOC member Dennis De Vriese @ Nerdland Festival
On 9 June 2025, SHOC member Dennis De Vriese presents at the Nerdland Festival, the largest science communication festival in the Benelux.
Practical info-SHOC seminar with Giulio Ongaro (University of Milano-Bicocca) and Matteo Di Tullio (University of Pavia)
"Unequal mountains? Political inclusion, commons and local finances in central-northern Italy during the early modern period"
Abstract will be published soon
